Union City sex offender charged with not keeping GPS monitoring device on him

David Wood appears in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City via video link from the Hudson County jail in Kearny, December 3, 2012. (Sarah Nathan/ The Jersey Journal) Sarah Nathan/ The Jersey Journal

A Union City sex offender appeared in a Jersey City courtroom yesterday to answer charges that he did not keep his required GPS tracking device on him at all times.

David Wood, 21, sat quietly hunched over in his chair yesterday as he appeared in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County Jail in Kearny.

Wood is charged to failure to comply with the state’s sex offender monitoring act.

He was arrested by Union City police on Dec. 1 after his GPS monitoring device, which must be worn at all times, went out of range, according to the criminal complaint filed against him.

Wood was also arrested three months ago, on Sept. 7, for failure to comply with the state’s sex offender monitoring law, though that arrest may not have stemmed from the same issue as Wood’s Dec. 1 arrest, according to Hudson County Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Debra Simon.

Simon would not comment on Wood’s original offense.

Wood's bail was set at $25,000 cash or bond with no 10 percent option.